Wheel construction



B. R., 6., AND S. BOLENBAUGH AND L. W. LONG.

WHEEI CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED- FEB. 19, 1921.

Patented Sept. 5, 1922.

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BURTON R. BOLENBAUGH, CYRUS BOLENBAUGH, RAY S. BOLENBAUGE, AND -LAU- RENCE W. LONG, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNORS 0F ONE-THIRD TO SAID BURTON R. BOLENIBAUGH, SAID CYRUS BOLENBAUGH AND SAID RAY S. BOLEN- BAUGH, ONE-SIXTH TO SAID LONG, ONE-SIXTH T0 ARTHUR PAULSON, OF NEW- YORK, N. Y., ONE-SIXTH T0 .HUG-H E. KEELER, OF ANN ARBOR, M ICHIGAN, AND

ONE-SIXTHTO LEWIS H. FLYNN, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

WHEEL CONSTRUGTION.

Original application filed October 2, 1920, Serial No. 414,200. Divided and this application filed February 19, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, BURTON R. BOLEN- BAUGH, CYRUS BOLENBAUGH, RAY S. Bonan- BAUGH, and LAURENCE W. Lorre, citizens of the United States, residing at Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, respectively, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wheel Construction, of which the following is a specification.

In common with the invention constituting the subject matter of our contemporary application filed Oct. 2, 1920, Serial No. 414,- 200 of which this application is a division, the object of our present joint invention is the provision of a wheel that is a practical improvement over those extant in respect to utility, durability and facility of manipulation.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof:-=

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of one type of wheel constructed in accordance with our invention.

Figure 2 is a diametrical section of the same. p Figure 3 is a fragmentary detail of a portion of the wheel. K

Figure 4 is a detail of a modified-construction.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary diametrical section of a modification hereinafter explicitly referred to.

, Similar numerals designate correspond ing parts in Figures 1 to 3 to which refer: ones will first be made.

By comparison of Figures 1 to 3 it will be observed that the wheel includes three major sections that are cast of an appropriate metal or alloy. The said sections'are the two disks 1 and 2 and a hub 3. The disks 1 and 2 are equip edat 4 for the retention of a tire 5, and the said disks 1 and are characterized by lugs 6 and 7, respectively, and one of the disks is also rovided with a stop pin 8 having a limite movement in the other disk. In forming the wheel the two disks 1 and 2 are placed in opposed or Serial No. 446,491.

superimposed relation and one of them is turned slightly through apart of a circle so that the locking lugs of one are positioned directly behind the locking lugs of the other. The effect of this is to hold the disks togather-i. e. against transverse separation, and so long as the disks 1 and 2 are held together it willbe observed that the tire 5 will be securely held to the disks. The lugs 6 of the disk'l are carried by a lateral flange 1 of the said disk, and the lugs 7 of the disk 2 are carried by a lateral flange 2 on the disk 2, and the stop pin 8 is carried on one of the said flanges to work within the.

the fact that the flange 2 is of less diameter than the flange 1 and the edge of the flange of each disk bears solidly against the other disk as indicated by 10 and 1l with the result that each disk tends to press against and lend increased stiflness and strength to the other disk. The rear or back disk 2 is held to the hub'3 by means of rivets 12, and the other or front disk 1 may be held tothe hub by any appropriate means. For instance in igures -1 and 2 the disk 1 is held to the hub 3 through the medium of bolts 13 and nuts 14. When deemed ex-v pedient, however, the bolts 13 and thenuts 14: may be dispensed with, and the disks 1 and 2may be held against turning and unlocking through the medium of the means shown in Figure 4, which means includes. rivets 12, a hexagonal nut 15 threaded on an axle spindle 16, and a hub cap 17 of bronze or other appropriate metal threaded at 18 on the end of the hub 3 and enclosing the hexagonal nut, the said cap 17 beartion 21 is engaged and. connected with the rim section i iii-the manner illustratedi. e, by the positioning of lugs 4&0 on the rim section 21 heck of iugs ii on the rim section 1 and by the threading of e heeded bolt &2- ceirried by the rim secfiion 21 in e lug 43 carried by rim section i and provided Wii-h e threaded aperture 4A: to receive fuhe threaded bolt. The rim sections are provided as shown with laterally extending spaced annals? flanges, and on the inner fien e is an inwardly extending radio flange 60$ e said flange 60 serving to receive holis such as 30, and being arranged in e vertical iens pereiiei to the vertical pianos of the age 40 and 4-1 so as to contribute to the hs-lsnce of she Wheel When disks such as 1 and 2 are connected to the projection.

Having described our invention, What We BURTON R. B'OLENBAUGIL CYRUS BULEN RAY S. BOLEN LAURENCE W. LONG. 

